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Mystery School Deaths

May 17, 2002
A Pennsylvania school district is trying to figure out whether the deaths of six students since December are connected. 13-year-old student Jessica Batdorf collapsed April 22 while walking to her homeroom with friends at East Pennsboro Middle School and died... continued

Oxygen Fails on Space Station

May 17, 2002
The crew of the International Space Station was forced to activate back-up oxygen generating equipment on Wednesday after the ISS's main supply system broke down.Russian engineers are struggling to repair the main "Elektron" oxygen supply system, which is located in... continued

West Nile Bioterror from Cuba

May 17, 2002
Iraq may have unleashed the West Nile Virus in the United States via Cuba through the release of migratory birds infected with the virus, and may be producing antiobiotic-resistant toxins for future attacks, according to two articles published in The... continued

Antigravity Device Based on UFO?

May 16, 2002
Michelle Delio writes in wired.com that antigravity devices are being developed that could eventually change the world as we know it. The devices are known as "lifters." When charged with a small amount of electrical power, they levitate, apparently able... continued

Contrails Cause Climate Change

May 16, 2002
Scientists believe that contrails turn into larger cloudbanks that substantially alter the atmosphere's heat balance. They may even an important role in shaping our weather. Scientists have long suspected this may be true, but haven?t been able to test it... continued

Power Plant Terrorist Threat

May 16, 2002
U.S. intelligence officials have received threats that terrorists will strike a U.S. nuclear power plant on July 4. The threat received last week suggested that an unidentified Islamic terrorist group was planning to attack a nuclear power facility in the... continued

Microwave Power?Safe for Plants?

May 15, 2002
Microwaves derived from solar power and transmitted by orbiting satellites to electric power stations on Earth are being planned in order to create future energy self-sufficiency for the U.S. But are microwaves safe for plants here on Earth? The space... continued

Illegal Medical Tests on Inmates

May 15, 2002
Temple University instructor and prison activist Allen Hornblum is testifying in a lawsuit brought by prison inmates who say they have been injured and maimed due to years of illegal medical tests. The lawsuit, filed in October 2000 on behalf... continued

Alien Life Common

May 15, 2002
If there are other planets like Earth out there, at least one in three probably harbors life, according to Charles Lineweaver and Tamara Davis of the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. If life can arise on planets... continued

Chocolate Danger

May 15, 2002
A lawsuit was filed in May saying that chocolate contains levels of lead and cadmium that could be dangerous to children. The American Environmental Safety Institute went to court in Los Angeles claiming that some of the nation's largest candy... continued